To find out more about the upcoming happenings in the Perth Metro Area as well as at our 6 Regional Groups, please check out the latest edition of our BirdLife WA eNews here.
Our electronic newsletter is published on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday each month.
A copy of the ‘Calendar’ section of the 18 March 2026 edition below:
Until Sunday, 22 March – Great Cocky Count Registrations open
Until Sunday, 17 May – Submissions for 2027 BirdLife WA Calendar open
Saturday, 21 March – Lake Herdsman Bird Walk, Herdsman Lake Discovery Centre, start 7.30am. Leaders: BirdLife WA Volunteers
Saturday, 21 March – ‘SAVE THE WETLANDS’ Art & Photography Exhibition, Herdsman Lake Discovery Centre, from 9:30am-1:30pm
Saturday, 21 March – EnviroFEST 2026, Whiteman Park, 10.00am to 3.00pm (BirdLife WA Sales Team will be there)
Saturday, 21 March – BirdLife Midwest-Geraldton, Carnaby’s Black-Cockatoo Workshop, from 10.30am to 12.30pm
Sunday, 22 March – Half-day excursion, Canning River Regional Park, Wilson, start 7.30am. Leaders: Lou Scampoli and Pete White
Sunday, 22 March – Great Cocky Count Registrations close
Sunday, 22 March – March for Forests, Forrest Place, Perth, start 10.00am (organised by the Bob Brown Foundation, details here)
Sunday, 22 March – March for Forests, Reuther Park, Margaret River, start 11.00am (organised by the Bob Brown Foundation, details here)
Tuesday, 24 March – WA Bird Conservation Network 2026 Q1 Townhall, online, start 11.00am (to receive Zoom link and for any question, please email here)
Wednesday, 25 March – Birds of Wadjemup, Bush Book Launch, Kwop Wirin Main Hall, Fremantle, from 12:30pm to 1:30pm (details in this edition, link to flyer here, RSVP by 23/3 with dietary requirements here)
Friday, 27 March – Mandurah Bird Observers Group, Fairbridge Village, Pinjarra, start 7.00am. Leader: Bill Howard (details in this edition and on website here)
Saturday, 28 March – Half-day excursion, Lake Mealup, Point Grey, start 8.00am. Leader: Rob Wroth
Saturday, 28 March – Carnaby’s Crusaders Wildlife Session, Herdsman Lake Discovery Centre, start 10.00am (details & ticket link here)
Saturday, 28 March – BirdLife Midwest-Geraldton, Excursion to Chapman Valley, start afternoon (details to be confirmed)
Tuesday, 31 March – AOC 2027, Student Travel Grant Applications Closing Date (details for WA here)
Saturday, 4 April – Half-day excursion, Bold Park, City Beach, start 8.00am. Leader: Steve Lofthouse
Wednesday, 8 April – City of Cockburn, Citizen Science Talk, Success Library, start 10.00am. Speaker: Rochelle Steven (details & registration here)
Thursday, 9 April – Half-day excursion, Blackwall Reach, Bicton, start 8.30am. Leader: Charles Merriam
Saturday, 11 April – City of Vincent, Bird Habitats by the River, start 8.00am. Leader: Rochelle Steven (details & registration here)
Saturday, 11 April – Samson Tree and Wildlife Festival 2026, Samson Park – City of Fremantle, from 11.00am to 4.00pm (we will be there)
Saturday, 11 April – BirdLife Bunbury, Excursion to Old Backwater, Treendale, start 8.00am (details to follow)
Saturday, 11 April – Cape to Cape Bird Group, Beenup Wetlands Bird Excursion, exact details to follow (full information in latest newsletter on page 3, booking by email here essential)
Saturday, 11 April – Albany Bird Group, Lake Seppings walk, start 8.30am (details on website or in latest newsletter here)
Sunday, 12 April – Half-day excursion, Victoria Reservoir, Canning Mills, start 8.00am. Leader: Betty Bryant
Sunday, 12 April – Great Cocky Count, south-western WA (registrations close on 22 March, details here)
Tuesday, 14 April – Albany Bird Group, half-day outing, Twin Creeks Conservation Reserve, start 8.00am (details on website or in latest newsletter here)
Thursday, 16 April – Bird Walk at Sloan’s Reserve, hosted by City of Kwinana, start 9.00am. Leaders: BirdLife WA Volunteers (details to follow)
Friday, 17 April to Sunday, 19 April – Bremer Bay Bird Expedition, run by Naturaliste Charters, single day trips leaving from Bremer Bay Harbour – start 7.00am (details and bookings here)
Saturday, 18 April – Lake Herdsman Bird Walk, Herdsman Lake Discovery Centre, start 8.00am. Leaders: BirdLife WA Volunteers
Saturday, 18 April – Half-day excursion, Lake Leschenaultia, Chidlow, start 9.00am. Leader: Charles Merriam
Friday, 24 April – Mandurah Bird Observers Group, Creery Wetlands Nature Reserve, Mandurah, start 7.30am. Leader: Bill Howard (details in this edition and on website here)
Saturday, 25 April to Tuesday, 28 April – MukinBIRDin’ Campout 2026, Mukinbudin Caravan Park (detailed flyer here)
Sunday, 26 April – Half-day excursion, Herdsman Lake, Moondine Drive, start 8.30am. Leader: Steve Lofthouse
Sunday, 26 April – BirdLife Bunbury, Excursion to Remnant Wetlands of Preston River, Bunbury, start 8.00am (details to follow)
Saturday, 2 May – 2026 River Guardians Family Festival, Sir James Mitchell Park, South Perth, from 8.00am to 12.00pm (details to follow, BirdLife WA will be there)
Sunday, 3 May – Half-day excursion, Ashfield Flats, Bassendean, start 8.00am. Leader: Peter White
Wednesday, 6 May – Half-day excursion, Ascot Waters, Ascot, start 8.00am. Leader: Betty Bryant
Thursday, 7 May – Quiz Night, hosted by BWA and Wildflower Society of WA, WA Ecology Centre, Floreat, start 7.00pm (save the date, tickets will go on sale very soon)
Saturday, 9 May – Half-day excursion, Lake Goollelal, Kingsley, start 8.00am. Leaders: Lesley Macauley and Lou Scampoli
Saturday, 16 May – Half-day excursion, Flynn Road, Mundaring, start 9.00am. Leader: Charles Merriam
Sunday, 17 May – Submissions for 2027 BirdLife WA Calendar closing
Sunday, 24 May – Half-day excursion, Jandakot Regional Park, Harrisdale, start 8.30am. Leader: Debbie Walker
Sunday, 31 May – Half-day excursion, Tom Bateman Reserve, Thornlie, start 8.00am. Leader: Peter White
Saturday, 6 June – Half-day excursion, Ray Marshall Park, Viveash, start 8.30am. Leader: Peter White
Thursday, 11 June – Half-day excursion, Tomato Lake, Kewdale, start 8.30am. Leader: Ian Wallace
Sunday, 14 June – Half-day excursion, Manning Lake, Spearwood, start 8.30am. Leader: Pauline Woolley
Sunday, 21 June – Half-day excursion, Beenyup Swamp, Woodvale, start 8.30am. Leader: Nigel Sutherland
Saturday, 27 June – Two-Hour excursion, Bannister Creek, Lynwood, start 8.30am. Leader: Charles Merriam
Saturday, 4 July – Half-day excursion, The Spectacles, Kwinana, start 8.30am. Leaders: Chris and Belinda Van Haeften
Sunday, 1 November to Friday, 6 November – Campout, Bremer Bay (save the date, event listing to follow very soon, tickets will go on sale Monday, 30 March)
Tuesday, 16 February to Thursday, 18 February 2027 – Australasian Ornithological Conference 2027, Auckland, New Zealand
Please see a summary of our excursion on our website and on our Facebook page.
All over Western Australia.
